新概念英语第一册Lesson 95 Tickets, please

[词汇]（9）
return  n. 往返
train  n. 火车
platform  n. 站台
plenty  n. 大量
bar  n. 酒吧
station  n. 车站，火车站
porter  n. 收票员
catch(caught, caught)  v. 赶上
miss  v. 错过
★return   n. 往返
return tickets  往返车票
return tickets to London

★plenty   n. 大量
plenty of +可数或不可数名词[只能用于肯定句]
We have plenty of time.
enough [疑问句]
Have you enough books?
many [否定句中，修饰可数名词]
much [否定句中，修饰不可数名词]
We haven’t got much time.

★catch(caught, caught)  v. 赶上
① v. 赶上；及时赶到
Every morning she would catch the 7.30 train to town.
② v. 听清楚；理解
I didn’t catch what you said just now.   我没听清楚你刚才所说的话。
③ v. 引起（注意等）；吸引，迷住
The bright colours on the wall caught our attention.
The beautiful view in front of me caught and held me.
我面前美丽的景色把我迷住了。

[语法]
had better和must
had better=’d better表示“最好还是”、“最好”，表达某种忠告或建议，用于指现在和将要做的事情。must则表示“必须”、“一定”，语气比had better强烈。
had better表示现在时或将来时，而不是过去时。其否定形式为had better not do sth.
You had better not smoke in the classroom.
[课文]
GEORGE: Two return tickets to London, please.
            What time will the next train leave?
ATTENDANT: At nineteen minutes past eight.
GEORGE:     Which platform?
ATTENDANT: Platform Two. Over the bridge.
KEN:        What time will the next train leave?
GEORGE:     At eight nineteen.
KEN:        We've got plenty of time.
GEORGE:     It's only three minutes to eight.
KEN:        Let's go and have a drink.
            There's a bar next door to the station.
GEORGE:     We had better go back to the station now, Ken.
PORTER:     Tickets, please.
GEORGE:     We want to catch the eight nineteen to London.
PORTER:      You've just missed it!
GEORGE:     What! It's only eight fifteen.
PORTER:     I'm sorry, sir.
            That clock's ten minutes slow.
GEORGE:     When's the next train?
PORTER:     In five hours' time!

[课文注释]
1、next door to…  与……相邻，在……隔壁
2、in five hour’s time  5小时之后
3、ten minutes slow  慢10分钟；ten minute fast  快10分钟
4、When’s the next train?
这个句子是用来询问火车启程时间时常见的句型。